The Journey Beyond the Diagnosis: Finding Your Path to Survivorship
Thanks to earlier detection, improved treatments and the supportive care of family and friends, there are now over 10 million cancer survivors in the United States. One out of every six people over sixty-five is a cancer survivor. These numbers will certainly increase as baby boomers continue to age. As a result of earlier detection and improved treatments cancer, this disease is no longer seen as a terminal disease. Cancer can be a chronic disease that often has long – term effects on a survivor’s life. Because more survivors are living longer, there is a need to address these long-term issues. However, as we are learning, recovery is not always the end of the cancer experience and in fact just the start. Concerns of cancer reoccurrence, toxic cancer therapies and financial worries just to name a few can leave the cancer survivor with issues that require long term surveillance. Finally, recovering from the social and emotional trauma of a cancer diagnosis can often take longer than recuperating from the treatment itself. After decades of focus on treating the cancer, researchers now face the challenge of helping survivors achieve a high quality of life years after the treatment ended. The goal of this program is to help address the needs of this growing population.
Program Overview
A series of workshops focusing on providing individuals who have completed treatment
or are in the process of treatment for cancer with tools to aid in their healing
process. Topics to be presented in a workshop format with the option of attending
whichever workshop is of interest to the individual patient. The workshops would
be provided free of charge to the participants and the series would run twice yearly.
Enrollment would be open to the greater Hampton Roads communities with geographical
diverse locations. Speaker engagement would be appropriate to the lecture topic.
2011 Lecture Series Dates
These workshops are for cancer patients who have completed or are in the process
of completing treatments. The focus will be on providing tools to aid in the healing
process. Each month will spotlight a different topic and will be held throughout
the Hampton Roads community.
Questions or information regarding workshops, please contact Jayme Riegler at 757-213-5680 or jayme.riegler@usoncology.com
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